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Against the wrong view there are no #Sasanian #silk including samite textiles, here are 8 examples!

هشت نمونه از منسوجات ابریشمی از دوره ساسانی

1: The David Collection, 650-750, Inv. no. 9/1996

⤵️ https://www.davidmus.dk/en/collections/islamic/materials/tex
Possibly just slightly post-Islamic, though the motif did not reach Arabs from Mars! It existed in Iran for centuries! From Iran or Iraq, "Samitum-woven textile with confronted birds in medallions, silk"

2: 6th–7th C, @metmuseum, Accession Number: 2000.624.1

⤵️ https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/328829?ft=sa
Note the motifs on these examples. These should not be called "Central Asian"... whatever that means!

At the very least, these should be called Iranian, or Sasanian-Sogdian

3: Textile Medallion: 6C, Attributed to Iraq or Syria, @metmuseum , Accession #: 90.5.10

⤵️ https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/443591?ft=sa
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